Recreation

Fourth Of July Weekend Activities At Bandelier: Stars, Talks, Crafts And New Citizens

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Tyuonyi Pueblo in Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

The Fourth of July weekend promises to be a lot of fun at Bandelier National Monument, with activities of all kinds. 

It all begins Thursday, when the Candelaria family from San Felipe Pueblo will be demonstrating traditional pottery making behind the Visitor Center, and there also will be solarscope and binocular viewing in that area. A Night Sky Program at the Juniper Campground amphitheater opens with an astronomy talk at 8:30 followed celestial viewing with giant telescopes. Read More

YMCA Hosts Wilderness Teen Leadership Program

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Participants in the YMCA’s outdoor leadership program. Courtesy photo
 

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YMCA News:

All northern New Mexico youth are welcome to join an outdoor leadership program that features overnight backpacking trips.

The Family YMCA’s Boys/Girls Outdoor Leadership Development (BOLD/GOLD), a wilderness-based teen leadership program is hosting several 4-night, 5-day backpacking trips in Bandelier’s backcountry. Registration forms are available at the Espanola and Los Alamos YMCA teen centers, but must be turned in to the Los Alamos Read More

Big Brothers Big Sisters Los Alamos/ Rio Arriba Counties 5th Annual Drive For Matches Golf Tournament July 16

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BBBS News:
 
Give Big and support a Little! The 5th annual Los Alamos/Rio Arriba Big Brothers Big Sisters Drive for Matches Golf Tournament is Saturday, July 16 at the Los Alamos Golf Course.
 
Free range balls and registration begin at 11:30 a.m., with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
 
Support Bigs and Littles by participating in this event with top of the line raffle prizes and awards, hole in one car, $5,000 putting contest with guaranteed $100 winner and dinner at Cottonwood on the Greens following play. What better way to support the youth of Los Alamos and
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Santa Fe National Forest Offices Closed July 4

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Forest offices will resume regular business hours Tuesday, July 5.

There are no fire restrictions on the SFNF. Visitors are reminded that fireworks and explosives are prohibited on federal lands. Law enforcement officers, fire personnel and recreation staff will be patrolling over the 4th of July weekend to ensure visitor safety.

After a rash of abandoned and unattended campfires earlier this month, forest visitors are urged to follow campfire safety Read More

Lightning Starts Small Fire At Valles Caldera Preserve

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The Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy photo

VCNP News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS – A new wildland fire is burning in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The Big Hat fire, discovered after last week’s thunderstorms, is estimated to be approximately two acres in size.

It is located on Banco Bonito, east of the staging area in the southwestern portion of the preserve. The fire, caused by lightning, is creeping through pine needles and surface fuels, occasionally flaring up in jackpots of dead and downed wood; the entire fire area is in a portion of the preserve’s forest that had been thinned over Read More

Los Alamos Woman Wins Bikini Novice Division At Fitness New Mexico Competition

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Erin Heintschel of Los Alamos earns first place in the bikini novice division at the Fitness New Mexico Competition. Courtesy photo
 
Erin Heintschel of Los Alamos wins first place in the bikini novice division, third place in fitness model and fourth place in the commercial model division at the Fitness New Mexico Competition June 4 at the Route 66 Casino.Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Erin Heintschel of Los Alamos describes herself as a goal-driven person. As a fitness instructor at the Los Alamos Family YMCA and a personal trainer at CrossFit Los Alamos, Read More

Jewell Announces $452 Million In Payments To Local Communities To Support Vital Services

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell
 
DOI News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to rural communities, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced more than 1,900 local governments around the country are receiving a total of $451.6 million under the 2016 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
 
The payments represent the largest amount ever allocated under the PILT program to compensate counties and local governments for their support of national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands and waters
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Girl Scout CEO: Thank You Governor Martinez For Proclaiming June Great Outdoors Month

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Gov. Susana Martinez with Girl Scouts. Courtesy photo
 
By Peggy Sanchez Mills, CEO
Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails
 
I grew up in New Mexico and learned much about the Great Outdoors from my family and through Girl Scouts.
 
As a young girl, we took two-week camping vacations where all six of us piled into the station wagon and we were each allowed one brown grocery paper bag for our clothes, one sleeping bag, one blanket, a box of food, Coleman stove, Coleman lantern and a tent to hold all six of us.
 
Our favorite camp site was Fenton Lake – actually we thought as kids that
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Battleship Fire 100 Percent Contained!

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SFNF News:

Location:

  • Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest
  • South of Battleship Rock off of N.M. 4 and in proximity to the Hummingbird Music Camp, the YMCA Camp Shaver, Jemez Falls and multiple recreation sites

Start Date: Reported June 19, 2016

Size: Approximately 3 acres                                                      Read More

Registration Open For YMCA 5K Fun Run July 4

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YMCA News:
 
The Family YMCA in Los Alamos is hosting its annual Firecracker 5K Family Fun Run Monday, July 4.
 
The 5K is open to all ages that want to walk, run, or jog in this festive event. Prizes will go to the top male and female finishers in Kid, Youth, Adult, Adult 60+, and Dog Jogger. The best Costumed Participant will win Bagels-for-a-Year from Ruby K’s. All participants will get the annual Fun Run t-shirt and are eligible to win one of many great door prizes.
 
The 5K race route starts in the YMCA parking lot on Iris Street at 15th, turns north on 15th Street to Canyon
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